Howard University News Howard and Bermuda to Sign Medical Agreement WASHINGTON (September 3, 2010) – The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Howard University is entering a landmark agreement to provide medical services to Bermuda at 10 a.m. on Sept. 17. The island of Bermuda, under the leadership of Premier Dr. Ewart Brown, a Howard University College of Medicine alumnus, has aggressively sought to improve on-island patient care by partnering with top U.S. medical schools. “The addition of Howard University in the field of psychiatry is appropriate and important," Brown said. "As a Howard graduate, I am particularly proud of this achievement." William B. Lawson, M.D., chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, will oversee the partnership. Under the agreement, Howard will provide regular consultation services in psychiatry, which include telepsychiatry and visits of faculty to the island. A new fellowship is also planned. Premier Brown, a community-minded, internationally acclaimed physician, spent many years practicing medicine in the United States. Born in Bermuda, Premier Brown graduated from Howard University with a B.S. degree in Chemistry and received his M.D. degree from Howard’s College of Medicine. He subsequently earned a M.P.H. degree from the University of California at Los Angeles. WHO: Howard President Sidney A. Ribeau, Bermuda Premier Dr. Ewart Brown WHAT: Signing Ceremony for Medical Collaboration Agreement WHEN: September 17, 10 a.m. - Noon WHERE: Louis Stokes Health Sciences Library 501 W St., NW, Washington, DC SANDRA M. PHOENIX Program Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org www.hbculibraries.org 404.592.4820 1438 West Peachtree Street NW Suite 200 Atlanta, GA 30309 Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (Lyrasis) Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org Honor the ancestors, honor the children. Register now http://www.hbculibraries.org/html/meeting-form.html for the October 24-26, 2010 HBCU Library Alliance 4th Membership Meeting and the "Conference on Advocacy" pre-conference in Montgomery, AL. The Pre-Conference and Membership meeting are open to directors and other librarians.